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LOT 2855
Numerian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 2 (AD 283/4).
A K M A NOYMЄPIANOC CЄB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Athena seated to left, holding Nike and long sceptre, shield below, [L] B (date) across fields. RPC X Unassigned ID 75847; Dattari (Savio) 5607; Emmett 4013. Very Fine.(7.24gr, 20mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Elagabalus AE 18mm of Rhesaena, Mesopotamia. AD 218-222.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
ANTധNI[...], laureate head to right / Sagittarius advancing to right, holding bow and rawing arrow from quiver on shoulder, Δ below. RPC VI Online 7906 (temporary); Lindgren 2614. 4.13gr, 18mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; only two examples cited by RPC Online.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Trajan AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 98-117. Uncertain Regnal Year.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
ΑΥΤOΚΡ ΚΑΙС ΝЄΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟС СЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ ΔΑΚ, laureate head of Trajan to right, set on eagle standing to right; to lower left, club / ΔΗΜΑΡX [...], the Tyche of Antioch seated to right on rocks, holding grain ears and poppy head in her right hand; below to right, river-god Orontes swimming to right, looking back. Cf. RPC III, 3543 (RY 16). 13.78gr, 25mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Trajan AE Diassarion or 2 Assaria of Gabala, Seleucis and Pieria. Dated CE 143 and AE 128 (AD 98).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
AYT NEP KAIC TPAIA CEB ΓEPM, laureate head to right / ΓABAΛEΩN HKP (date) ΓMP (date), Astarte (?) seated to left, holding grain ears and poppy in her right hand and sceptre in her left; at her feet, Sphinx (?) to left. RPC III, 3808. 8.19gr, 20mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
